But do animals actually use their big brains and long childhoods to learn?

不过，动物真的会利用它们的大脑袋和漫长的幼龄期来学习吗？

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In many species with long childhoods, female choice bred males to evolve increasing emotional investment in their offspring.

在许多拥有较长幼年期的物种中，雌性选择让雄性孵化后代来增加雄性对子代的感情投入。

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But do animals actually use their big brains and long childhoods to learn?

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Because humans have such long childhoods, and are so dependent on parental (particularly maternal) care during that period, a woman who kept reproducing until she died would leave a lot of unviable orphans behind her.

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